Event narrative (NOAA)
Snowfall of 8 to 12 inches fell across much of the county from this storm with a little over 12 inches measured at the NWS office in Valley, 9.4 inches measured at Omaha Eppley and around 10.5 inches measured in Bennington and at Boystown. The snow began during the late evening of 12/7 and continued into the early morning hours of 12/9. Winds were not that strong when the snow started, but north winds increased during the afternoon of 12/8 and especially that evening into the next morning. Frequent wind gusts of 40 mph or more were observed with a peak gust of 52 mph measured by the ASOS at Omaha Eppley. The winds produced considerable blowing and drifting snow with blizzard conditions during the evening and early morning hours of the 8th and 9th. Some county roads were drifted shut and
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.